Stefano Bardini

Stefano Bardini ( born April 13, 1836 in Pieve Santo Stefano, † September 12, 1922 in Florence ) was an Italian art dealer, painter, collector and patron.

At 18, he began studying at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze in Florence, as a student of Bezzuoli and thereafter from Servolini. He frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo and proved to be a gifted copyist and restorer. A well-preserved fresco in the Villa di Triboli treated the political issue " France rushes to the aid of Italy ".

Bardini hit but after 1870 the career of the art dealer, and as such was extremely successful. Édouard André -. Among his clients the Kaiser- Friedrich- Museum, the Louvre, the Victoria and Albert Museum and collectors such as Isabella Stewart Gardner, John Pierpont Morgan, John G. Johnson, and the couple Nélie Jacquemart included

Bardini bequeathed his 1881 acquired city palace, the Palazzo Bardini, his art collection and its adjacent to the Boboli Gardens Park of Florence. The Palazzo Bardini houses the museum. At the Villa Bardini the Museo Pietro Annigoni has been housed since 2008. In addition there special exhibitions.